These tundra swans, necks and heads stained from minerals in marshes where they spend time, rest on a dike at Magee Marsh.

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James Proffitt and Catharine Hadley
CentralOhio.com

Although the Biggest Week in American Birding doesn't officially start until May 3, several vehicles were in the parking lot at Magee Marsh on the south shore of Lake Erie north of Oak Harbor on Tuesday. Their license plates showed they were from Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey, Michigan and West Virginia.

Mark Blum, of Galion, spent several hours birding by himself, before he met a friend later that day.

"It took me an hour and a half to get here," he said. "This is my first time here for birding." ...